The other issue the law deals with is Section 26 of the Constitution, which speaks about consent and we need to give effect to it. Effectively, it will provide the minimum age of consent.

We will also give full effect to provisions that children are not pledged into marriages.

Effectively, the Bill will outlaw child marriages, which has been a very contentious issue in recent times. It will also take care of issues that have to do with gender equality, which we are aligning with Section 3 of the Constitution.

A few weeks ago was a great uproar over the age of sexual consent after it was reported that some Members of Parliament wanted it to be lowered to 12 years.

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